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- ISBN
- 9780062661135
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062661132
ISBN-13
9780062661135
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8038211341
Product Key Features
Book Title
Autonomy : the Quest to Build the Driverless Car-And How It Will Reshape Our World
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Industries / Automobile Industry, Economics / General, Automotive, Industries / Transportation
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
This is the story of one of those quests will change how we live. Burns was one of the first people to understand the massive implications of driverless cars. His involvement with the players inventing and commercializing this technology makes this book an authoritative preview of the autonomous age., With his access to so many players including Google founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin, Burns does a masterful job weaving the various strands of his story together. And a juicy story it is, filled with an insider's first hand experiences and observations. , Autonomy captures the chaos and triumph of innovation--human intelligence, science, and sweat doing the impossible stuff that changes the world. It's required reading for anyone who wants to understand the history, the players, and the future of autonomous mobility., An entertaining and accessible account of the biggest disruption in the history of the auto industry. Burns does a terrific job of recounting the development of the driverless car, explaining in simple terms the key technologies behind it, and detailing the public policy issues and opportunities it presents., Lawrence Burns has been a pioneer throughout his groundbreaking career, and Autonomy provides his enthralling firsthand account of the rise of autonomous vehicles and the power they hold to positively disrupt our economy and transform our way of life. Check it out or risk getting left behind!, The drama, ambition and genius characterizing the race to develop self-driving cars zoom into sharper focus in Autonomy., A combination of memoir and visionary manifesto[, Burns'] front-row seat at the project that popularized autonomous cars informs some of the most lively parts of Autonomy., Breakthrough technologies always have fascinating origin stories, but we haven't had a reliable narrator to tell the account of autonomous vehicles until Larry Burns wrote this book. These are absorbing stories within one of the most critical moments in the history of transportation., This book provides compelling insights into major changes taking place today within the automobile and transportation industries. Bonus: It's a page turner!, The coming transformation in mobility will impact numerous industries, from automobile manufacturing to car rentals to logistics. Autonomy chronicles the remarkable story of the innovators leading that change., A passionate engineer and a pragmatic visionary, Burns also shares his own unexpected ride, from head of R&D for General Motors to being a major player in the drive to reinvent the automobile--and transform what we know as mobility., We are on the verge of a transportation revolution that will dramatically reshape our society. Larry Burns takes the reader behind the scenes of the major events that led us here and offers a visionary picture of where we can go next. Autonomy is a dazzling ride., A fascinating hybrid: Part freewheeling history of the rise of the modern autonomous vehicle, part intimate memoir from an insider who was on the front lines for much of that history, Autonomy will more than bring readers up to speed on one of today's most closely watched technologies., Anyone interested in learning about how we got to where we are today should definitely grab a copy., Provides an insider's view into the who-will-win-it race to invent and control driverless cars--and the radically altered future that will follow. How this future plays out will depend on decisions we make today. This entertaining history makes clear the level of the stakes and the possibilities ahead., Fascinating . . . the book really shines . . . in illustrating the complex dynamic between Thrun, Urmson, and Levandowski, the three critical figures in making robot cars a reality. . . [a]rip-roaring story., The world's expert on automobiles takes us on the ride of our times: the invention of self-driving vehicles. An unparalleled view of the birth of autonomous and sustainable mobility. If you want a glimpse of how the future is being engineered, there is no better book than Burns' Autonomy., A compelling read--well-written and packed with insights that could only come from a top-level technology leader who personally knows many of the key players., A rich and entertaining insider's account of the evolution of the autonomous vehicle. Should be required reading for anyone interested in the future of mobility., A provocative look at a rising industry that may soon change the nature of the world's too-busy roadways.
Synopsis
An automotive and tech world insider investigates the quest to develop and perfect the driverless car--an innovation that promises to be the most disruptive change to our way of life since the smartphone We stand on the brink of a technological revolution. Soon, few of us will own our own automobiles and instead will get around in driverless electric vehicles that we summon with the touch of an app. We will be liberated from driving, prevent over 90% of car crashes, provide freedom of mobility to the elderly and disabled, and decrease our dependence on fossil fuels. Autonomy is the story of the maverick engineers and computer nerds who are creating the revolution. Longtime advisor to the Google Self-Driving Car team and former GM research and development chief Lawrence D. Burns provides the perfectly-timed history of how we arrived at this point, in a character-driven and heavily reported account of the unlikely thinkers who accomplished what billion-dollar automakers never dared. Beginning with the way 9/11 spurred the U.S. government to set a million-dollar prize for a series of off-road robot races in the Mojave Desert up to the early 2016 stampede to develop driverless technology, Autonomy is a page-turner that represents a chronicle of the past, diagnosis of the present, and prediction of the future--the ultimate guide to understanding the driverless car and navigating the revolution it sparks.
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